MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	221% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '17 at 20:29
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 743 72% 595 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2008 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (73 fps cap detected)	59.3% Above average	Lighting 73.3 Reflection 72.3 Parallax 63.2 60% 69.6 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 72 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,864 Write 1,197 Mixed 1,229 316% 1,430 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 29.7 175% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 574 DQ Write 430 DQ Mixed 216 239% 407 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 27GB free Firmware: DXT07B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10172 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3296 (B1) Unknown 85 85 175 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 49 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 32 (EB) Unknown 99 99 502 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25928501581	66.9% Good	Read 499 Write 132 Mixed 127 54% 252 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 9.92 104% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 27.9 72% 157 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 73%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 591GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 83 83 5950 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5812 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7306 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2475 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 58 336855060 (C2) HDA temperature 80 56 336855060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1909224 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	52.5% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 93.3 Mixed 87.1 68% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.37 90% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 59%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2009)-$152 5,563 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 189GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 296 (03) Spinup time 185 147 1716 (04) Start/Stop count 12 12 88537 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5482 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 479 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2266 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 322151 (C2) HDA temperature 121 80 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 182 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	24.4% Poor	Read 61.5 Write 23.5 Mixed 34.8 30% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.05 28% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 47%
HP Portable HDD 500GB 169 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 466GB free, PID 1840 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 97.1 Write 107 Mixed 92.9 129% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2138 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.6% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 19 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 104%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) - $105

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	987x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	545x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	149x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	353x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	278x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	250x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	85x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
MX300 275GBCrucial $100Bench 79%, 67,541 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	174x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	100x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	48x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16